Thill-tip



(No Model.)

W. SELLERS. THILL TIP.

No. 451,892. Patented May 5.189 1.

25 QLQMA UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

IVILLIAM SELLERS, OF HAVERHILL, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK ANDERSON, OF MERRIMAO, MASSACHUSETTS.

THlLL-TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,892, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed August 21, 1890. Serial No. 362,657. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that- I, WILLIAM SELLERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thill-Tips, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The tips of vehicle thills or shafts are usually a simple thimble of brass, and as they often rest on or are dragged upon the ground when the vehicle is not in use they soon wear out, so that they are unsightly and have to be replaced by new ones.

The object of my invention is to overcome this defect and to produce a thill or shaft tip that will wear for a much longer time.

The invention consists in providing the end of the thill or shaft tip that comes into contact with the ground with a steel end, the thimble being cast thereon or secured thereto, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a thill or shaft tip embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the end of the shaft, showing the hole therein. Fig. 4 is a View of the steel tip detached; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section through a tip, showing the thimble covering the steel tip.

In carrying out my invention I cast or form of steel a tip A of the shape shown in Fig. & that is, with a rounded or semi-spherical head a and neck bprovided with a V-groove cand a stud or projection d, a shoulder e being left between the head a and neck I) of the depth it is desired to have the thickness of the thimble I which is cast upon the neck 1) of the steel tip A. The molten metal running into the V-groove c securely holds the thimbe B onto the steel tip A.

In applying the tips to a thill or shaft 0 the end of the thill is formed to conform to the internal diameter of the thimble B, and is provided at its end with a hole f of the same shape as the projection or stud d of the tip A, so that when the shaft is inverted in the thimble B all rattling is prevented by the stud (Z entering the hole f in the end of the thill. The thimble is secured to the thill by a screw g in the usual manner.

7 In Fig. 5 I have shown the tip A incased entirely in the thimble 13.

hat I claim as my invention is 1. Ashaft or thill tip consisting of a thimble B and steel tip A, provided with a stud a an d projection d, in combination with a thill the end of which is provided with a holef to receive the stud d, substantially as shown and described.

2. A shaft or thill tip consisting of the steel tip A,provided with a neck I), having a groove c, a conical projection d at the rear of the neck, and the thimble B, cast on the neck, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this Zlth day of August, A. D. 1888.

WVILLIAM SELLERS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. STEEEE, EDWIN PLANTA. 

